Bill Walker

Bill Walker (16 April 1951-) was Governor of Alaska (I) from 1 December 2014, succeeding Sean Parnell.

Biography
Bill Walker was born in Fairbanks, Alaska in 1951, and he worked as a lawyer before serving as Mayor of Valdez from 1979 to 1980. He later served as Valdez's city councilor and city attorney, and he later served as general counsel for the Alaska Gasline Port Authority. In 2010, he lost the Republican gubernatorial primary to Sean Parnell, but, in 2014, he ran as an independent with the Democratic Party nominee Byron Mallott agreeing to merge his ticket and serve as his running mate. He won the election with 48.1% of the vote, and he supported the expansion of Medicaid.